While it will still be months until residents move into the 96-bed skilled nursing facility — the site still needs to receive its state and federal credentials — a ceremony on Monday marked the end of major construction, a milestone for a governor who has said he wants to make Nevada the country’s most veteran-friendly state.

After coming up short in his bid for governor, Attorney General Adam Laxalt says his top priority in his remaining weeks in office is ensuring a smooth transition for his successor, Democratic state Senate Majority Leader Aaron Ford.

A federal judge in Texas struck down the Affordable Care Act as unconstitutional on Friday, though the decision is unlikely to have any immediate impact on Nevadans as legal scholars on both sides of the aisle question the ruling and as Democratic attorney generals, including Nevada’s attorney general-elect, prepare to appeal.

Another major Nevada gaming property has filed an application to leave NV Energy and purchase electricity from another provider, the eighth company to do so in 2018. The South Point Hotel and Casino on Dec. 6 filed an application with the state’s Public Utility Commission seeking to leave NV Energy and purchase power from a new provider starting on July 1, 2019.

More than half of the first-year teachers hired by the Clark County School District ahead of this academic year wound up working in one- or two-star schools. That means new teachers like Julieta Perales must navigate the normal challenges of leading a classroom for the first time while also working with many students who are behind academically.

Gov.-elect Steve Sisolak assembled a team of health-care policy experts Friday for what one of the moderators jokingly referred to as a speed dating session centered around behavioral health care, Medicaid, the ongoing shortage of medical providers and health-care costs.